Subjects: General

Daryl Sykes takes us on a tour of the world’s most flexible manufacturing facility. The assembly line at this Ford automotive plant has the capability to make seven different vehicles at the same time.

We take a look at how the Memphis Zoo helps the Toronto Zoo meet the dietary demands of two very fussy giant pandas, Da Mao and Er Shun.

Dan visits rowing coach John Keogh at Fanshawe Lake to see how the speed of a boat changes with the number of rowers.

Alexander Reben built an adorable baby robot to explore the relationship between humans and machines.

Ultra-marathon swimmer Chloe McCardel is training to swim from Cuba to Florida – a distance of 170 kilometers – without stopping.

Tokyo University of Science developed an air-powered exoskeleton muscle suit that was built to give its wearer super strength while being super light and super simple.

Soth Korea’s Future Robot Lab hopes personal robots will soon be as common as smartphones.

Korean engineer Soon-Geul Lee’s robotic mannequin takes window displays to a whole new level.

Getting around Tokyo’s sidewalks just got easier for the elderly and disabled with Hitachi’s self-driven single-passenger vehicle.

Inventor Lucien Gambarota is obsessed with finding simple ways to harness energy.